Rain Dances

Frantic plips pulse and fade

In confident puddles 

That will mud

That will crack

That will forget 

But not today

Insistent streams surge and swell 

In search of rest

That will irrigate

That will stagnate

That will evaporate

But not today 

Immersive rains quench and quell

In expectant thirsters

That will run

That will sweat

That will thirst again

But not today